'I'm the tomboy in the middle!': January Jones reveals VERY awkward boyish haircut in childhood Instagram snap

But the elegant Mad Men actress wasn't always a natural wonder in the hair department, as she revealed when she shared an awkward childhood photo on her Instagram page Thursday.

The 36-year-old produced a snap of herself and her two sisters - Jacey and Jina - from when they were just little girls, with no hairstylists nor a care in the world.

'I'm the tomboy crouching in the middle!' January Jones posted this cute Instagram snap of a much younger version of she and her sisters Jina and Jacey Jones on Thursday, showing off her 'tomboy' style in the middle

Spot the difference? January Jones is pictured here at the Emmy Awards in September of 2013 with near-perfect hair, many years on

The photo appears to capture a moment
January and her sisters shared on a farm together when they were all
very young, with the star - being the eldest of the three - appearing to
be not even a teen yet.

'The Jones sisters are here to remind all homely little girls to dream big,' she wrote alongside the family picture.

She
added: 'Anything is possible with the confidence to ignore judgement,
encouragement from a friend, love for yourself and the patience to grow
out a bad haircut.'

How time flies: The 36-year-old mother was spotted walking in Los Angeles with her son Xander in January in the winter sunshine

On first glance, you'd be hard pressed to figure out which of the three smiling youngsters was the X-Men star.

But January was quick to clear it up
with a comment soon after she posted the photo, confirming: 'I'm the
tomboy crouching in the middle, obviously.'

With
that information, it is clear that the 'bad haircut' the
star is referring to is in fact an almost boyish looking 'feathered' set
of bangs she sports as she squats between her sisters.

'#mybangsareNOTsupposedtobefeathered,'
January wrote in a very accurate hashtag alongside the snap, referring
to the puffy, fluffy, bouncing tuft of blonde hair framing her young,
beaming face.

The
actress, who barely has a hair out of place nowadays, is clearly having
a good time learning to navigate her Instagram account, which she only
launched less than three weeks ago on January 21.

Sisterly love: The blonde posted this snap of herself (left) and one of her sisters heading out on a red carpet together in a 'throwback Thursday' snap posted last month

Meanwhile, January - who used to date January Jones - has been spotted out
house-hunting of late, looking to move up into a new and roomier home
now that her son Xander, three, is getting bigger and more active.

The actress is currently filming the seventh - and final - season of Mad Men that will air in April.

But
now that she's landed a plum role in the forthcoming thriller Good
Kill, January shouldn't have to worry about work for a while.

In the film, January will portray the wife of fighter pilot-turned-drone operator who begins to question the ethics of his job, and she will star alongside Ethan Hawke as the husband, and Zoe Kravitz and Jake Abel.

Close-knit: January was spotted heading out to lunch in Los Angeles with one of her sisters back in 2012, with Xander in her arms